CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



I. THE WITCHERY OF WA-WA 



II. WITH AND AGAINST THE GRAINS . . . . l8 



III. THE WIZARD OF THE WETLANDS * . . -38 



IV. BEACH-COMBERS ........ 55 



V. A BIT OF RIVER ........ 68 



VI. THE FISHING OF THE FREE FOLK .... 83 



VII. THE FISHES OF OUR BOYHOOD ..... 98 



VIII. SOME TRUTHS ABOUT TROUTING v . . . "5 



IX. THE BEST OF THE BASS . . . . . .126 



X. A MATTER OF MASCALONGE . "" . . . . 142 



XL A BIT OF SEA FISHING . . V . . . .155 



XII. RAIL AND REED BIRD . . / . . , .163 



XIII. A DAY WITH THE WOODCOCK . ^ . . . .173 



XIV. BLUEFISH AND BLUE WATERS . \s . . . .187 

 XV. A VANCOUVER SALMON . . *' . . . .197 



XVI. WOOD-DUCK AND WOOD-DUCK SHOOTING . v . . 205 



XVII. A RED-LETTER DAY . . . . f . . . 221 



XVIII. PICKED FROM THE PRAIRIE PROVINCE { . . .233 



XIX. THE CONVERSION OF TRAPPER LEWIS . . . 260 



XX. FOUR OF A KIND . . . . v , . . 274 



XXI. THE RUFFED GROUSE AND GROUSE SHOOTING . . 284 



XXII. ROBERT WHITE, JR ....... . 300 



